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This is the first time the Clipper fleet will officially visit Nova Scotia, having made an unofficial stop in the Clipper 2002 Round the World Yacht Race due to a hurricane. The boats will stop there during their final leg to the finish line in Liverpool in July 2008.

Crew Blog

To Panama on a hope and a prayer

11 May 2008

Nova Scotia's paul carries out engine checks

Day 18 of Race 9 finds Nova Scotia some 300 nm from the Costa Rican port of Golfito and the Banana Bay Marina where we expect to get some Go Juice for the Cast Iron Spinnaker y cervezas for the crew. Considering that we are now down to our last…

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Crew Profiles

Lucy Mendham

Age 31, Doctor

2000 was an important year for Lucy. Not only did she qualify as a doctor, she also waved off a friend on a round the world yacht race and ever since then has been itching to take part in one herself. She has been sailing dinghies in Chichester harbour for six years and following round the world yacht races with the dream of one day taking part.

She was finally persuaded by something that might have put off a less adventurous person. “When working in Portsmouth Accident and Emergency department I looked after two casualties of Clipper Training – and meeting them and their skippers inspired me to sign up for four legs of the Clipper 07-08 Race. Let the adventure begin!”

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Overall Race

Race 10 - Panama to Jamaica

Position	Team	Latitude	Longitude	Yacht Status
1	Hull & Humber	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished
2	Qingdao	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished
3	New York	9 16 28N	79 55 23W	Finished
4	Nova Scotia	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished
5	Glasgow:Scotland with style	9 16 28N	79 55 23W	Finished
6	Liverpool 08	8 54 46N	79 31 17W	Finished
7	Uniquely Singapore	9 02 20N	79 38 37W	Finished
8	Jamaica	8 54 45N	79 31 18W	Finished
9	westernaustralia2011.com	8 54 46N	79 31 18W	Finished
10	Durban 2010 and Beyond	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished

Position	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points
1	Hull & Humber⁴	5	6	7	7	7	7	10	7	10	62
2	New York	1.5	2	10	1	10	10	9	8	8	59.5
3	Durban 2010 and Beyond*	3	10	4	10	6	9	5	7	1	55
4	Glasgow:Scotland with style⁴	4	9	8	5	5	8	8	6	6	55
5	Liverpool 08¹	4.5	7	9	2	9	3	4	4	5	46.5
6	Uniquely Singapore	2	4	3	4	4	4	7	10	4	42
7	westernaustralia2011.com	1	5	5	9	8	5	1	5	2	41
8	Nova Scotia¹	3.5	8	1	6	3	2	2	9	7	40.5
9	Qingdao	2.5	3	6	8	1	1	6	3	9	39.5
10	Jamaica³	0.5	1	2	3	2	6	3	5	3	22.5

* The overall position, when two boats have the same points, is decided by which team has the greatest number of higher positions in individual races (count back rule RRS A8.1).
¹ This team has been penalised 1 point by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.
² This team has been penalised 2 points by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.
³ This team has been penalised 3 points by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.
⁴ This team has been penalised 4 points by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.

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